17 Of The Latest Pepper Varieties
Check out this slideshow for more details on 17 pepper varieties you need to know about from the nation’s leading seed breeders and distributors.
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Garfield
Our newest hybrid bell pepper, Garfield is as iconic as its name. It has a very attractive orange color, a nice blocky shape, an exceptionally large size, and high resistance to tobacco mosaic virus, making Garfield a nice addition to any pepper program. Available from Abbott & Cobb.
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Tacana
Tacana is a large, attractive, medium-green-color hybrid jalapeño with a smooth texture. This variety is naturally bred with superior attributes such as tolerance to bacterial leaf spot races 1-3, tobacco mosaic virus, and potato virus Y, as well as resistance to cracking, making it an excellent selection. Available from Abbott & Cobb.
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J-7
Jalapeño pepper J-7 is large and firm, uniformly dark green with beautiful smooth skin and a thick wall. This early variety has an outstanding fruit set resulting in high yields. J-7 has a long shelf life and good heat content. Available from American Takii.
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Currier
Currier is a pepper with a very consistent and uniform blocky shape and a smooth and glossy deep-green color. It has an early and high commercial yield and numerous resistances. Available from HM.Clause.
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Cornito Giallo
Bred by Johnny's, Cornitos are a new class of peppers ranging in size from 1 to 1.5 inches wide at the shoulders and 5 inches long. Cornito Giallo matures from green to yellow. A 2016 All-America Selections winner. Organic seed. Available from Johnny's Selected Seeds.
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Cornito Rosso
A half-size green to red corno di toros pepper, Cornito Rosso is another variety bred by Johnny's. These peppers are very early, sweet, and beautiful baby sisters to Carmen and Escamillo with similar maturity. Perfect for grilling and roasting, like their full-size counterparts. Organic seed. Available from Johnny's Selected Seeds.
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Turnpike X5R
Turnpike is the latest X5R® hybrid green to red bell pepper that provides industry leading quality and yield potential with a strong agronomic package that protects against bacterial leaf spot races 0–5, 7–9 and Phytophthora blight. Available from Seminis, Rispens Seeds, Stokes Seeds, Rupp Seeds, and Siegers Seed Co.
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Pepper-Pretty-N-Sweet-F1
Look, in the garden! Is it an ornamental pepper? Is it edible? Yes to both! This is an ornamental pepper that can be eaten and it tastes fantastic. Pretty N Sweet is a sweet, multicolored pepper on a compact 18-inch plant that also can be used in ornamental gardens and containers. Available from Seeds By Design.
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Galileo
Galileo provides early excellent yields and intermediate resistance to Phytophthora. This pepper variety has a unique plant architecture that allows fruit set to be well-spaced in the plant, not jamming in the crown. Dark-green fruit is firm and blocky. Available from Seedway.
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Escamillo
Escamillo is a large, golden-yellow corno di toro type pepper. Bred by Johnny's, Escamillo has a gorgeous shape with similar lobed shoulders and a flavor that rivals Carmen's. Fruits are 2 to 2.5 inches by 6 inches long. A 2016 All America Selections winner. Organic seed. Available from Johnny's Selected Seeds.
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Green Festa
Green Festa is a jalapeno type that has high resistance to bacterial leaf spot races 1-3. It matures 70 to 75 days after transplanting in the spring/summer growing period.This variety can be grown nationwide and features a strong plant habit, outstanding fruit set, stable pungency measuring between 1,140 to 1,300 in Scoville heat units, and averages 4.75 inches in length. Available from American Takii.
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Green Machine
Green machine is a blocky bell type that has high resistance to Tobamovirus race 0, and intermediate resistance to tomato spotted wilt virus and bacterial leaf spot races 0-10. Suited for production in the Southeastern U.S. Average weight is about 9 ounces and plant sizes are between 22 and 27 inches. Available from Seminis.
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Gridiron
An early to mid-maturing variety, Gridiron features an impressive yield potential of peppers with great size and quality. Blocky fruits are extra-large with thick walls, smooth skin, and glossy, dark green-to-red color. Gridiron has high resistance to tobacco mosaic virus and bacterial spot races 0-5 and 7-9, and intermediate resistance to tobacco etch virus. Available from Sakata Seed America.
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GVS 4007
GVS 4007 F1 Hybrid is a sweet elongated Lamuyo-type bell pepper. It has very uniform shape fruits, with high yield, three to four lobes, and green flesh turning red at maturity. Fruit length is approximately 6 inches, with a diameter of 3 inches. It matures in 71 to 76 days from transplanting. It's resistant to tobacco mosaic virus, bacterial spot, and potato virus Y. Available from Golden Valley Seed Co.
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Paladin
A blocky bell that turns green to red and is resistant to tobacco mosaic virus, tomato mosaic virus, and Buckeye fruit and root rot.
Paladin is a mid-maturing pepper and has wide adaptability in the Eastern U.S. This high-quality fruit is for the commercial fresh market.
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Boca
Boca is a sweet bell pepper hyrid that has resistance to bacterial leaf spot races 1-10, and tomato spotted wilt virus. It matures in 72 days and is best suited for production in the Southeast. Boca grows on a strong plant with good foliage cover and produces jumbo, extra-large fruit. Available from Seedway.
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Giant Ristra
This green to red at maturity is a hot marconi that has resistance to tobacco mosaic virus. It matures in 75 to 80 days and is best suited for production in the Desert Southwest, West, and Midwest. Giant Ristra is a 2014 All America Selections Regional Winner. It produces heavy yields of bright red, very hot, 7 inch-chile peppers. Available from Seeds By Design.
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Garfield
Tacana
J-7
Currier
Cornito Giallo
Cornito Rosso
Turnpike X5R
Pepper-Pretty-N-Sweet-F1
Galileo
Escamillo
Green Festa
Green Machine
Gridiron
GVS 4007
Paladin
Boca
Giant Ristra
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Rosemary Gordon is editor of American Vegetable Grower, a Meister Media Worldwide publication. See all author stories here.